diff --git a/mysql-test/r/variables.result b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
index 658a3ffa7a1..e5c3c860c93 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/variables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ set GLOBAL myisam_max_sort_file_size=default;
 show global variables like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 Variable_name	Value
 myisam_max_sort_file_size	FILE_SIZE
-select * from information_schema.session_variables where variable_name like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
+select * from information_schema.global_variables where variable_name like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
 MYISAM_MAX_SORT_FILE_SIZE	FILE_SIZE
 set global net_retry_count=10, session net_retry_count=10;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/variables.test b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
index dd332a4f528..51f8d6db1db 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/variables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set GLOBAL myisam_max_sort_file_size=default;
 --replace_result 9223372036853727232 FILE_SIZE 2146435072 FILE_SIZE
 show global variables like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 --replace_result 9223372036853727232 FILE_SIZE 2146435072 FILE_SIZE
-select * from information_schema.session_variables where variable_name like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
+select * from information_schema.global_variables where variable_name like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 
 set global net_retry_count=10, session net_retry_count=10;
 set global net_buffer_length=1024, net_write_timeout=200, net_read_timeout=300;